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Looking for ideas here.
Around spring last year i re-did the wiring on my stereo because it was very poorly done, and also removed the two front speakers. I have only been using the 2 rear speakers ever since. I did this for weight reduction purposes and because 2 were perfectly adequate anyway. Everything was great at first but over the course of the summer a problem developed where once in a while no sound would come out of the speakers at all upon turning it on. There was a faint "crackle" through the speakers when turning the head unit on whenever this happened. Other times it would turn on and play music perfectly normal. Gradually this problem got worse, until it reached the point that it would never work. This is what I am guessing is a 15 year old Alpine head unit, and after talking to a few people about the problem consensus was that the amp must be going bad.
Fast forward to today. Bought a brand new Pioneer head unit and installed it. Wouldnt you know it, same problem. No sound from the speakers at all, and the same faint crackle turning the head unit on.
Obviously, it must be a wiring issue some where. But where that would be I am stumped. I have proper soldered connections everywhere. I have also double and triple checked that the wires for the non-existent front speakers are not making contact with anything and thus grounding out the system.
Does anyone know if modern stereos are not designed to only work with 1 set of speakers? Is this what is causing the problem? That is the only thing that has really changed since the problem started however it worked flawlessly that way for at least a month. I am going to pull the rear speakers and check those connections again just to make sure nothing is up. (already did once before i bought the head unit) Any input/ideas/prior experience would be much appreciated - i like listening to music!!
Around spring last year i re-did the wiring on my stereo because it was very poorly done, and also removed the two front speakers. I have only been using the 2 rear speakers ever since. I did this for weight reduction purposes and because 2 were perfectly adequate anyway. Everything was great at first but over the course of the summer a problem developed where once in a while no sound would come out of the speakers at all upon turning it on. There was a faint "crackle" through the speakers when turning the head unit on whenever this happened. Other times it would turn on and play music perfectly normal. Gradually this problem got worse, until it reached the point that it would never work. This is what I am guessing is a 15 year old Alpine head unit, and after talking to a few people about the problem consensus was that the amp must be going bad.
Fast forward to today. Bought a brand new Pioneer head unit and installed it. Wouldnt you know it, same problem. No sound from the speakers at all, and the same faint crackle turning the head unit on.
Obviously, it must be a wiring issue some where. But where that would be I am stumped. I have proper soldered connections everywhere. I have also double and triple checked that the wires for the non-existent front speakers are not making contact with anything and thus grounding out the system.
Does anyone know if modern stereos are not designed to only work with 1 set of speakers? Is this what is causing the problem? That is the only thing that has really changed since the problem started however it worked flawlessly that way for at least a month. I am going to pull the rear speakers and check those connections again just to make sure nothing is up. (already did once before i bought the head unit) Any input/ideas/prior experience would be much appreciated - i like listening to music!!
I am stumped but I am guessing I have not seen the end of this yet so leaving this open for ideas. At least we are back up to a part time status as opposed to not working at all though 
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